This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy: Growing Business, Not Bureaucracy

This week, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee will hold a hearing on “Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Growing Business, Not Bureaucracy” and hear from witnesses representing academia, startup accelerators / VCs, corporates and the financial industry.

On the House side, the Energy and Commerce Committee continues its “Disruptor Series” with a look at health care apps and trends in the broader mobile health and telemedicine market. Meanwhile, the Financial Services Committee looks at FinTech (financial technology) and how marketplace lenders use online lending platforms and underwriting algorithms to provide affordable and broad access to credit. Over the last year, several federal regulatory agencies have turned their attention to this marketplace and the hearing will assess the development of the FinTech market, the current regulatory structure and recent policy developments.

On the Senate side, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee take a closer look at “How Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Fund Entrepreneurs and Startup Companies.”

Other topics covered by hearings this week include: oversight of the FCC, regulatory enforcement, digital trade and exports, retirement security and more.